FD3 Gearbox Disassembly

[leeroy_25]

Hi Guy\'s trying to get all those annoying little leaks sorted!
It looks like my gearbox has been apart at some point but unfortunately not sealed up so well when reassembled. I would like to know about unbolting the rear section with the box in the car so I can split apart slightly and re-seal the offending bit? is this possible? Will things drop out of place or ping everywhere? Can anyone offer any info on this please and/or some pages from a owners manual might be useful.
The section leaking is where the box appears to have a 20mm section sandwiched between the front and rear ends of the box?

Thank you
Lee

[Lee Vincent]

Just rebuilt my box would recommend taking out of the car to reseal , I used mazdas own sealent too good stuff

[leeroy_25]

That is the last thing I want to do. I have had the engine in and out more times than you can ever imagine recently!
If I can split it and support it all well and good as long as I know what will happen when I do? if it is a case that things will fall out with it in the orientation it is then fine it will have to come out at a later date.
I would only need to get a 10mm gap to clean and seal it.

Any more thoughts?

[Lee Vincent]

No need to take engine out just box very easy to do .

[Grant Monkhouse]

Need to take gear selector out then just unbolt it, nothing will fall out.

May be hard to get clean properly unless you have drained all oil out properly?

[leeroy_25]

Cheers guys.. I will leave it to drain for the week and get some brake cleaner or similar to prepare it.

[boosted]

Just had a look round your rs home page buddy. Some great projects in there!

[leeroy_25]

Thanks.. glad you liked it.. I am hoping to get some more updates soon with the 20B project so check back from time to time if you are interested!

Lee

[boosted]

Defo will mate....very impressive. loved those 3d diagrams.